Mark Shead

Correct when running at Brunters but you can also say Mike had the perfect run for that speed with so little power.

Mark

Madgit

ajamesc

What gets me is the way people say its only for top speed . The thing is it dose that top speed in 1.5 miles and isent really that fast to 60 or 100 from a stand still so on the move in gear it just shows how massively fast that car is. If you think about it its only a few seconds slower to 200 than a veyron but also alot slower to 100 than one so on the move that old sierra can really really get a move on . And i asked rod on saturday night about track days and as he said its far to loud to pass a db test so i dont think you would ever see it on the track. But would be good as it dose have the best of every thing on it and i bet it would really suprise a lot of people

grcossie

Don`t think people over here, build cossies, for top speed. We have other cars for that
like this 252mph Trans-Am, weight over 2tons
http://pollymotorsport.no/index.php?mapping=2

And this 213mph Rats Omega
http://www.rats.no/omega_tg.html

COCHYN

That's not a fair comparison, you guys in Norway are nuts, you probably drift your way down to the local market and teach your kids to drag race on the way to school

grcossie

Some of us do it that way yes hehe.

zetec-Sam

iTrader: (2)

Whether what he spouted is fact or not, it still didn't help Jim one bit!

grcossie

Another fast one, who also been used to normal road driving
http://dc363.4shared.com/doc/MI-jeYUy/preview.html

stevieturbo

Magnor has never broken the 200mph barrier though as far as I am aware.

I think 180-190 tops. Pretty sure he hasnt run sub 10s either. Although I imagine a severe lack of traction is a problem there lol

Nosmo-King

Well i'm as thick as fook and even I understood jimbos post.

BTW my Polski Fiat is geared to do 78mph . What do you think I could do to get it there. Nitrous?set of Webbers.??

Jamie@FastFord

just to bring it back on topic for a min, yeah i think you're correct Jimbo with your calculations, but 8k is a high rev limit which is why the potential top speeds froim each gear are quite high.

Just in case you're interested the ratios in the box I've got in the Saph are even higher, the box is a T45 from a Mustang;

1st - 3.37
2nd - 1.99
3rd - 1.32
4th - 1.00
5th - 0.67

so with your tyre sizes (225/40/18) and 8k rev limit I'd hit;

1st - 49mph
2nd - 83mph
3rd -125mph
4th - 165mph
5th - 245mph


Shame I'm only gonna run 225/50/15s and the heavy old V8 unit wont rev past 6k!!!! Still gives me a 'potential' top speed of 175mph, but considering it's me that's building the car I think my bottle will go at about 130mph!!!

aduz

i see after all these years the old man is still blabbering on about his tatty old sierra

stop livin in the past guys.....times have changed

charlie luciano

iTrader: (3)

In all fairness he didn't start the thread

of course we're living in the past, the cars are old but that's what its all about being an enthusiast, passionate about the thing that you love

its like saying to an adult who collects and has a model railway in his/her loft, stop living in the past and grow up


Luciano

Rs1

iTrader: (1)

Times havnt changed that much mate as after all these years nobody has come close to beating his tatty old sierra.

J1mbo

iTrader: (1)

Didn't know anybody had tried?

Lamb Souvla

OHHHH no, you just opened the, plenty of people have tried but nobody will beat me can-o-worms. However truthfull it is.
Jim, my vote is you knock up a 900bhp engine and go for broke lol Would be nice if you did.

Mike